We reply to the Comment by Drichoutis et al. regarding some methodological and estimation issues arising from our paper. In particular, we compare the elasticities reported in the original paper with those obtained using estimation procedures suggested by Drichoutis et al. We find that the...

This paper analyses Turkish household food consumption, using data from the 2003 Turkish Household Expenditure Survey. A complete demand system is estimated taking into account demographic differences and zero consumption. The highest expenditure elasticity is found for the meat and meat...